Free Dangerous Abduction (O'Connor Brothers Book 2) by Rhonda Brewer

forward. The doorbell rang, breaking the spell. James jumped up and almost tripped over the coffee table on the way to the door. Saved by the bell .
    “Hey, bro.” Aaron sauntered in with his cocky smile and attitude to match.
    “What’s up?” James closed the door.
    “I just wanted to let you know there’s a cruiser watching Marina’s place.” Aaron followed him into the living room. “I don’t know when she’s going to be able to get back into the house. The place is a mess, but they did get some fingerprints so we should know more tomorrow.” Marina stood up when they entered the room.
    “A.J. dropped by with an update.” James nodded at his brother.
    “Hi A.J..” Her voice was shaky as she sat back on the sofa.
    Aaron filled her in on what he knew and her face drained of all its color. James was about to go to her but Aaron was faster and gently grasped her hand as he sat next to her. In his head James knew Aaron was just trying to comfort the woman, but it made James want to punch his youngest brother in the face.
    “We’ll find out who did this, Marina.” Aaron kissed her hand before he released it and stood up.
    “You said it’s going to be a while before I can move back, but you don’t have any idea how long?” Her voice was barely above a whisper.
    “It’ll probably be a couple of days before we’re finished with our investigation, but it’s a real mess,” Aaron said as James walked up next to him still controlling the urge to slap his brother.
    “We’ll help you clean it up.” James nudged Aaron with his elbow and thank God he got the hint, because James really would have punched him if he hadn’t.
    “Of course we will. There’s enough of us O’Connors in Hopedale to have it cleaned up in no time.” Marina smiled but it was obvious she was forcing it.
    Aaron left after a quick cup of coffee and assured James he’d keep them up to date on the investigation since James was off for a week. A few inappropriate jokes and comments later and James was almost shoving Aaron out the front door.
    “Jesus Christ, bro, if you wanted to be alone with her all you had to do was ask,” Aaron whispered when James pushed him through the door.
    “Fuck off, A.J,” James growled. He was really going to kick the bastard down over the steps. How Aaron made it to the ripe old age of twenty-six without one of them pounding the shit out of him was beyond James. Not that they didn’t give him his fair share of sly pokes during their younger years, but as the baby of the family his youngest brother always seemed to know which buttons to push with all the brothers and right now he was pushing a major one with James.
    “It’s been way to long for you, bro. You should probably do something about that.” Aaron jumped into the cruiser.
    “I swear to God, A.J, one of these days...” James never got a chance to finish the statement because Aaron was pulling out of the driveway and he could see the bastard laughing behind the wheel.
    He closed the door and turned his attention to the one person that really needed it. Marina was going to need a place to stay until her house was cleaned up, and she was going to argue if he suggested she stay with him until then. With her sister and John out of town as well as her parents, he didn’t see any other options or at least he didn’t want to see one. It was obvious from his quick glance around her house she was going to need new furniture as well. Most of what she owned was destroyed. He was sure between all of his family, they’d manage to come up with enough furniture for her so she wouldn’t have to go out and purchase all new.
    As he was running through how to get Marina to agree to stay, James remembered Ian was supposed to be staying with him for a few days. He’d have to call Ian to fill him in on the situation and let him know he could still stay, but he’d have to crash on the couch since James had given Marina the guest room.
    As he reached in his